Apr 1, 2024
Brannigan (1975)
"Well, if it was up to me, I'd get some men out thumping on the streets, passing out some 'e pluribus unum'. That's what ninety percent of police work is today."
"The murder rate in your country, I'm sure, gives ample testimony to your superior police methods."
#brannigan#1975#british cinema#crime film#douglas hickox#christopher trumbo#michael butler#william p. mcgivern#john wayne#richard attenborough#judy geeson#john vernon#mel ferrer#daniel pilon#john stride#james booth#ralph meeker#barry dennen#del henney#lesley anne down#arthur batanides#ok so for the record i despise John Wayne the person; i also don't particularly rate JW the film star‚ excepting for a very few#special films (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance probably topping that list). normally i wouldn't make a special effort to see any of his#films but this has been on my radar for some time: i mean it's Wayne in 70s London‚ fighting crime that's represented by classic tv#character actors like Don Henderson‚ James Booth and Brian Glover. heaven! or it would be‚ but this is a flabby‚ kind of dumb mess#partly that's on director Hickox (hard to believe he made the sublime Theatre of Blood a couple years earlier) and partly that's a bad#script which repeatedly hammers on about the cultural differences between usa and uk in an endless attempt to be funny#but the main issue is Wayne‚ too old and sickly to even begin to convince as a tough cop who can win the eye of beautiful Judy Geeson#please. gross. intriguing for sights of 70s London and that wonderful supporting cast but otherwise completely disposable#oh and some fun americans to spot too! Barry Dennen! that at least was a delightful surprise. but yeah not much to recommend this really
